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Workers made to push train wagon after snag in MP
A technical fault with a tower wagon (a self-propelled unit used to inspect over-head cables powering electric locomotives) at a railway station in Madhya Pradesh’s Harda led to a heartbreaking sight – around three dozen people forced to manually push the wagon from the main line to another track....
Taliban ‘minister’ says women can attend university
Kabul: Afghan women will be allowed to study at university but there would be a ban on mixed classes under their rule, the Taliban’s acting higher education minister said on Sunday. The hardline Islamist group that stormed to power in mid-August after ousting the Western-back government have vowed to...
US fears threat near Kabul airport, asks citizens to leave
Washington: The United States warned Saturday of a “specific, credible threat” near Kabul airport and urged its citizens to leave the area, days after a deadly attack on crowds fleeing Taliban rule in Afghanistan. A series of urgent terror warnings have rattled evacuation efforts overseen by US forces, who...
Cong suspends two senior Kerala leaders for criticising DCC chiefs selection
Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress in Kerala has suspended two of its senior leaders for publicly expressing displeasure over the selection of the party’s district chiefs in the state by the AICC. Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K Sudhakaran in a statement said former MLA K Sivadasan Nair and former...
US launches drone strikes against ISIS after Kabul blasts
Washington: The US military said Friday it had carried out a drone strike against a “planner” of the Islamic State-Khorasan, the group which claimed credit for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport. “The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed...
Dramatic arrest of UP ex-cop who challenged Yogi Adityanath
Lucknow: A former senior Uttar Pradesh police officer was arrested on Friday in a dramatic fashion in Lucknow in an abetment-to-suicide case shortly after he proposed the name of his proposed political party that, he said, will contest the 2022 state assembly polls. Forcibly retired by the Union Home...
Maharashtra BJP says civic poll alliances as per local situation
Aurangabad: Maharashtra BJP leader Atul Save on Friday said the decision on alliances for civic polls in the state will be taken as per the local situation. Speaking to PTI, Save, who was recently appointed a general secretary of the party, said the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance, which is ruling...
Baghel invites Rahul to visit Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday had an over three-hour meeting with Rahul Gandhi at the latter’s residence and said the former Congress chief will be visiting the state on his invite. Baghel held a series of meetings at Rahul Gandhi’s residence, where party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi...
Tej Pratap aide joins LJP Paras faction
An RJD leader, whose ouster from a party post has left Tej Pratap Yadav fuming and sulking, joined the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) faction headed by Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras on Friday and was appointed its national youth wing chief. Akash Yadav joined the LJP faction here in...
85 killed In Kabul airport carnage; US on alert for attacks
US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after at least one Islamic State suicide bomber killed 85 people including 13 US soldiers outside the gates of Kabul airport. Two blasts and gunfire rocked the area outside the...
Biden vows revenge: ‘We will hunt you down’
Washington: US President Joe Biden pledged Thursday to hunt down the perpetrators of the suicide bombings that killed 12 American troops in Kabul and said the United States will not be deterred from its mission to evacuate thousands of civilians from Afghanistan. “To those who carried out this attack...
Amarinder meets 55 MLAs, 8 MPs
In an apparent show of strength, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh met around 55 Congress MLAs and eight MPs over dinner at the home of a cabinet colleague here on Thursday. Earlier in the day, three of the four ministers who wanted that the CM be replaced for not keeping...
Baghel’s MLAs reach Delhi as tussle deepens
Several Congress MLAs close to Bhupesh Baghel, including three state ministers, left for Delhi late on Thursday amid reports of the Chhattisgarh chief minister’s visit to the national capital to meet senior party leaders. The meeting comes as rift in the state unit continues despite he rejecting talks about...
Sidhu adviser quits amid row over remarks
Chandigarh: Malvinder Singh Mali quit as Punjab Congress branch chief Navjot Singh Sidhu’s adviser today, day after the party threatened to dismiss him over his controversial remarks if Mr Sidhu failed to remove him. In Facebook posts, Mr Mali suggested that both India and Pakistan were illegal occupants in Kashmir....
Minister’s shocker on Mysuru rape earns him rebuke
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai on Thursday said his government will form a special team to investigate the case of gang-rape of a college student in Mysuru and asserted that the perpetrators will be caught soon and brought to justice. “Once the DGP (Director General of...
Over 61% voter turnout in Rajasthan civic polls
Over 61 per cent voter turnout was registered in the first phase of the polling to elect panchayat samiti and zila parishad members in six districts of Rajasthan on Thursday, according to a state election commission official. The polling started at 7.30 am at around 3,500 polling booths in...
Bommai demands extension of GST compensation
New Delhi: Amid fall in state revenue and GST collection in view of COVID-19 crisis, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai on Thursday demanded the Centre to extend the GST compensation period to states beyond 2022, for three more years. After a meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman,...
Immediate priority Afghanistan evacuation, says Govt
The government has told opposition parties that the immediate priority is the evacuation of all Indians stranded in Afghanistan, sources said on Thursday afternoon. This was after an all-party meet called by Prime Minister Modi to brief the opposition on the “critical” Afghanistan situation. Around 15,000 people have contacted...
